Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus LinnaeusNon-native    Synonyms: Lotus glabra.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Fabales   >   Family Fabaceae   >   Genus Lotus   

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Bird's-foot Trefoil is a common introduced roadside plant throughout Maryland.

"Adventive from Europe; Newfoundland to Minnesota, south to Virginia and Ohio" (Reed 1964).

There are 127 records in the project database.

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Bird's-foot Trefoil blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/22/2009). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/12/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil blooming and in fruit in Cecil Co., Maryland (4/23/2016). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil in Howard Co., Maryland (6/17/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil blooming in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/15/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/27/2019). Photo by William Blauvelt. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/10/2013). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil blooming in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/22/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Bird's-foot Trefoil in Howard Co., Maryland (6/17/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)


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